Three-dimensional Graphene Nanoribbons As a Framework for Molecular Assembly and Local Probe Chemistry

Overview

Journal Sci Adv

Specialties Biology
Science

Date 2020 Mar 12

PMID 32158948

Citations 21

Authors

Shigeki Kawai

Ondrej Krejci

Tomohiko Nishiuchi

Keisuke Sahara

Takuya Kodama

Remy Pawlak

Ernst Meyer

Takashi Kubo

Adam S Foster

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Abstract

Recent advances in state-of-the-art probe microscopy allow us to conduct single molecular chemistry via tip-induced reactions and direct imaging of the inner structure of the products. Here, we synthesize three-dimensional graphene nanoribbons by on-surface chemical reaction and take advantage of tip-induced assembly to demonstrate their capability as a playground for local probe chemistry. We show that the radical caused by tip-induced debromination can be reversibly terminated by either a bromine atom or a fullerene molecule. The experimental results combined with theoretical calculations pave the way for sequential reactions, particularly addition reactions, by a local probe at the single-molecule level decoupled from the surface.

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